Stories from Thursday, October 29, 2009

There will be a lot on line when Shelbyville Central takes on Lincoln County in a District 8-AAA matchup tonight at Eagle Stadium. The game was moved up because of possible severe weather in the forecast for Friday night. It's the final game of the regular season and a win by the Golden Eagles (5-4, 1-3 8-AAA) will give them a wild card berth into the TSSAA state playoffs...

River Bend Country Club pro Randy Helton will put his skills and talent to a major test when he competes in the 21st Senior PGA Professional National Championship starting today at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The 264-player field features PGA Professionals at least 50 years of age...

The Community Vikings have had to deal with a substantial amount of adversities this season. Issues on both sides of the ball have stunted this young team and there is no way to go but up. Last week the Vikings (0-9) tried rolling quarterbacks out of the pocket and found some room to get some passes plays completed. There were also some improvements in the running game and the Vikes defensive stronghold...

The branch manager of FirstBank in Shelbyville pleaded guilty in federal court in Chattanooga Wednesday to a charge of making a false entry in bank records while he was employed with another local financial institution. Ronald Frank Bell of Shelbyville waived indictment and arraignment and pleaded guilty to making a false entry in bank records in violation of Title 18 United States Code Section 1005.

Two men who broke into a Shelbyville home and held three children at gunpoint will be spending the next 25 years behind bars following a pair of sentencing hearings this week. The lengthy sentences were handed down against Jose Gomez and Wilson Palacio of Smyrna on Monday...

A man previously termed as a "person of interest" will be charged with murder in a Friday shooting death, Shelbyville police said Wednesday. "Based on evidence we have, we can now charge Brandon Holmes with first degree murder," Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said Wednesday....

Cold weather brings the sweaters out of the closet, the leaves off of the trees -- and fires. As people drag out the space heaters or light up the fireplace for the first time this year, simple precautions can make sure the home gets toasty instead of toasted...

Xanax pills and other medications were stolen overnight Monday from a vehicle at a Bird Street home, Shelbyville police said. The medicine had been left in the vehicle's console, the victim told police. She returned to the vehicle Tuesday to find the window down, console entered and contents of her wallet strewn around the interior, police said...